The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1887-05-07

suit more than verifies the expectation
of the most sanguine. The bullion prc
duction has been about doubled. Til
fineness of the bullion has been increased
reducing the expense Of retorting an
refining. The quicksilver return show
that at least SIS per cent. Of the usus
loss has been recovered. Success ha
been established beyond the possibility 0
doubt. 1t has also been demonstrate,
that the stock Of quicksilver necessary t,
carry on the mill may be reduced abou
one-third. Ithss also been demonstrated
that the copper solution may be ma
terially decreased. Settler samples tina
formerly assayed as high as s3.l7 pei
ton. have been reduced to sl.3l per ton
with prospects Of still further reduction
The quicksilver return cannot be giver
accurately, but it is known that it will
not fall below the So per cent. men.
toned and may go much higher.-Lyon
Sounty liuitos
A cross-cut was run across the ledge Of
the Nevada last week. The wall is very
smooth and distinct and 500-foot drift
has been begun which will have this wall
for one Of its sides. The Nevada ledge
is large and of good grade and will prob.
ably be worked some time without inter.
ruption. Several parties have been
negotiating with the owners, with pur-
chase in view, and it is probable that
satisfactory terms will soon be concluded
with some Eastern capitalists. Walker
Lake Bulletin.
Last Sunday some boys who were
scouting out above Cedar Hill, on the
Geiger Grade, supposed that they had
made very desirable wild beast capture.
They thought they had got hold Of
pair Of young foxes. Their parents are
now thoroughly satisfied that the ami.
mails caught were not foxes, as also are
all the neighbors who approach the
house where the interesting little pets
were for short time triumphantly ex.
hibited. Va Enterprise.
Commissioner Shone arrived in town
recently. He is the proud owner of
one-third interest in the Centipede claim,
recently discovered in Rebel Creek Dis
trict, two or three miles from Snaps
on the Idaho road. A sample
of the groupings of the lead assayed
SAT- in gold and $3.50 to the ton in
silver. A few feet below the surface
free gold is visible in the quartz. Silver
State.
Emma Nevada appeared as Amina in
"Somnambula" at Covent Garden Thea.
ter April II. At the close of the opera
she was summoned before the curtain. A
cable dispatch says: She looked as de-
lighted as schoolgirl receiving prize.
Her simplicity in acting and fearful |
pathos and her voice seemed to thorough |
" move in marked degree the i'm
mense audience. Va. Chronicle.
We entertain the hope that our brother |
Mr.. Stewart, of the Index,
has not taken the competing Canadian |
Pacific route from Duluth to Carson on |
his homeward trip. He is liable 10 be
detained at San Francisco so long that |
bur people will be deprived Of stun
hing editorial OR two from his pen on the
coming city election. Nevada Union.
The Garfield mine is in Nevada, but it
8 owned in London. 1t paid its second |
dividend Of IL IL cents per share, or |
sl2, 500 on the 2Sth of March. The pre-.
sious dividend was Of the same amount.
State Journal.
A rich strike on the l20-foot level in
The mine at Ophir Canyon is reported by
The Austin Reveille. The ore in the |
edge is Ave feet thick and assays from |
200 to 81, 900 per ton.
April "a, DR.. Weber, physician Of |
Virginia City, was seriously injured by |
being thrown from the back of horse.
In Winnemucca it costs $2s. so to give
man. black.eye.